Máhtut

Sámi knowledge and practices in the era of the green transition

Máhtut

Sámi knowledge and practices in the era of the green transition

Máhtut

Biodiversity loss, changes in snow and ice thickness, and other unpredictable processes associated with the climate change challenge Sámi livelihoods and culture. Also other various stressors, such as competing land use by industrial, extractive and infrastructure development, threaten the Sámi future. The Interreg Aurora funded project MÁHTUT – Sámi knowledge and practices in the era of the green transition supports, promotes and preserves traditional Sámi subsistence skills, knowledge and practices among Sámi communities in different parts of Sápmi. MÁHTUT aims to raise awareness of their importance and relevance in policy making in the era of green transition and focuses on implementing especially Sámi ideas of circularity and food sovereignty through its work packages. Sámi skills and knowledge have the capacity to advance grass-root green transition, ecological, economic and social sustainability and to strengthen Sámi circular economy. The project will improve inter-generational and cross-regional transfer of the best practices of Sámi subsistence skills and knowledge. The project also addresses Indigenous rights of the Sámi and other legal aspects related to Sámi skills, knowledge and traditions.

More information is available on the project website

Contact: Sanna Valkonen, Project Manager, Lapin yliopisto – sanna.valkonen@ulapland.fi

 

Lead Partner EU
Lapin yliopisto

Lead Partner Norway
Universitet i Tromsø – Norges arktiske universitet

Project Partners
Várdduo – Umeå universitet
Saamelaisalueen koulutuskeskus

TYPE OF PROJECT
Regular project

SUB-AREA
Sápmi

PRIORITY
Green and sustainable transition

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE
Climate change adaptation

PROJECT DURATION
2023-09-01 – 2026-08-30

TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
1 641 879 Euro

EU-FUNDING, INTERREG AURORA
867 152 Euro

NORWEGIAN IR-FUNDING
153 906 Euro

STATUS
Ongoing

Social, ecological and economic sustainable development is an overarching goal in the Interreg Aurora Programme. All projects funded by Interreg Aurora contributes to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The Máhtut project contributes primarly to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Project News

Steering Committee meetings in Vaasa
News

New Interreg Aurora projects approved

The two Steering Committees, for sub-area Aurora and sub-area Sápmi, have met 14-15 June in Vaasa to decide on new cross-border cooperation projects in the